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Position Paper of the German Cultural Council on the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, with contribution of the Universal Design Forum e.V.

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Marina Naomi Noack Posted in Publications, Socio-Ecological Systems and Design

The German Cultural Council published a position paper dealing with the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. The BCSSS partner Universal Design Forum e.V. (UDF) , directed by our BCSSS member Thomas Bade, contributed to the recently submitted paper. Together…

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Call for Proposals! 10th Congress of the European Union for Systemics 2018

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Tess Marja Werner Posted in Calls

EUS – UES 2018 A Systemic Vision of the Crises From optimization to change strategy? 10th Congress of the European Union for Systemics 15th to 17th October 2018 Brussels, Belgium Although raised many times on other congresses, the theme…

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Stefan Blachfellner joins the Scientific Committee of the European Union for Systemics

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Stefan Blachfellner Posted in Center, emcsr, Socio-Ecological Systems and Design

Stefan Blachfellner was appointed as a member of the Scientific Committee for the 10th congress of the European Union for Systemics (UES2018), 15 – 17 October 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference is titled “A Systemic Vision of the Crises.…

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BCSSS Dialogue. April 12th 2017 “The Utopia of Universal Control: Critical Thoughts on Transhumanism”

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Tess Marja Werner Posted in Emergent Systems Information and Society, Lectures, Meetings

On April 12th 2017 the Bertalanffy Center invites to a discussion on Transhumanism introduced by a critical talk by Janina Loh “The Utopia of Universal Control: Critical Thoughts on Transhumanism” and a statement “The Ghost of Transhumanism and the Sentience…

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General Systems Theory & McLuhan. Ernest A. Hakanen visits the BCSSS

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Tess Marja Werner Posted in Center, Research

Next April the Bertalanffy Center welcomes Ernest A. Hakanen, PhD, Professor of Communication at the Graduate Faculty of Communication, Culture and Media, Drexel University, Philadelphia. His current research focuses on the relationship between General Systems Theory and McLuhan’s Media Theories as…

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Vienna 2012 | European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research 2012 (EMCSR 2012)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Tess Marja Werner Posted in emcsr, Meetings

From 10 to 13 April 2012 the Campus of the University of Vienna was the venue of the EMCSR 2012. 168 academics and practitioners attended the conference as well as 17 journalists (13 of whom were in training at the…

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